Webster's Dictionary 1913

946

Vesical

Ves″i‐cal (?), a. [L. vesica bladder.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder. Dunglison.

947

Vesicant

Ves″i‐cant (?), n. [L. vesica blister: cf. F. vésicant.] (Med.) A vesicatory.

948

Vesicate

Ves″i‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Vesicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Vesicating.] [See Vesicant.] (Med.) To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cutic...

949

Vesication

Ves′i‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. vésication.] (Med.) The process of vesicating, or of raising blisters.

950

Vesicatory

Ves″i‐ca‐to‐ry (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. vésicatoire.] (Med.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister. — n. A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic.

951

Vesicle

Ves″i‐cle (?), n. [L. vesicula, dim. of vesica a bladder, blister; akin to Skr. vasti bladder: cf. F. vésicule.] A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell. Speci...

952

Vesico-

Ves″i‐co– (?). A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the bladder; as in vesicoprostatic, vesicovaginal.

953

Vesicoprostatic

Ves′i‐co‐pro‐stat″ic (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the prostate gland.

954

Vesicouterine

Ves′i‐co‐u″ter‐ine (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the uterus.

955

Vesicovaginal

Ves′i‐co‐vag″i‐nal (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bladder and the vagina.

956

Vesicula

‖Ve‐sic″u‐la (?), n.; pl.Vesiculæ. [L., dim. of vesica.] (Anat. & Med.) A vesicle.

957

Vesicular

Ve‐sic″u‐lar (?), a. [Cf. F. vésiculaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as, vesicular breathing, or n...

958

Vesicularia

‖Ve‐sic′u‐la″ri‐a (?), n. [NL. See Vesicle.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of marine Bryozoa belonging to Vesicularia and allied genera. They have delicate tubular cells a...

959

Vesiculata

‖Ve‐sic′u‐la″ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Vesicle.] (Zoöl.) The campanularian medusæ.

960

Vesiculate

Ve‐sic″u‐late (?), a. Bladdery; full of, or covered with, bladders; vesicular.

961

Vesiculate (2)

Ve‐sic″u‐late (?), v. t. To form vesicles in, as lava.

962

Vesiculation

Ve‐sic′u‐la″tion (?), n.(Geol.) The state of containing vesicles, or the process by which vesicles are formed.

963

Vesiculitis

‖Ve‐sic′u‐li″tis (?), n. [NL.; vesicula + -itis.] Inflammation of a vesicle.

964

Vesiculose

{ Ve‐sic″u‐lose′ (?), Ve‐sic″u‐lous (?), } a. [L. vesiculosus: cf. F. vésiculeux.] Bladdery; vesicular; vesiculate; composed of vesicles; covered with vesicles; as, a vesiculose...

965

Vespa

‖Ves″pa (vĕs″pȧ), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.

966

Vesper

Ves″per (vĕs″pẽr), n. [L., the evening, the evening star, the west; akin to Gr. ἕσπεροσ, εσπἕρα, and perhaps to E. west. Cf. Hesperian, Vespers.] The evening star; Hesper; Venus...

967

Vesper (2)

Ves″per, a. Of or pertaining to the evening, or to the service of vespers; as, a vesper hymn; vesper bells.Vesper sparrow, the grass finch. See under Grass.

968

Vesperal

Ves″per‐al (?), a. Vesper; evening.

969

Vespers

Ves″pers (?), n. pl. [OF. vespres, F. vêpres, LL. vesperae, fr. L. vespera evening. See Vesper, n.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) One of the little hours of the Breviary. (b) The evening song...

970

Vespertilio

‖Ves′per‐til″i‐o (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.

971

Vespertiliones

Ves′per‐til′i‐o″nes (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nos...

972

Vespertilionine

Ves′per‐til′i‐o″nine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Vespertiliones.